*Ø* Did Khrushchev bang his shoe in the UN?
October 12, 1960 Nikita Khrushchev pounded his shoe on a table at a General Assembly of the United Nations meeting in anger at a point, made Lorenzo Sumulong, the Filipino delegate, about Soviet Union policies regarding Eastern Europe.
Sumulong asked ‘Mr K’ how he could protest Western capitalist imperialism while the Soviet Union was at the same time rapidly assimilating Eastern Europe. Khrushchev became enraged and informed Sumulong that he was, “a jerk, a stooge and a lackey of imperialism,” then removed one of his shoes and banged it on his table.
Or, so it is said, but it is doubted by some ...
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October 12, 1960 Nikita Khrushchev pounded his shoe on a table at a General Assembly of the United Nations meeting in anger at a point, made Lorenzo Sumulong, the Filipino delegate, about Soviet Union policies regarding Eastern Europe.
Sumulong asked ‘Mr K’ how he could protest Western capitalist imperialism while the Soviet Union was at the same time rapidly assimilating Eastern Europe. Khrushchev became enraged and informed Sumulong that he was, “a jerk, a stooge and a lackey of imperialism,” then removed one of his shoes and banged it on his table.
Or, so it is said, but it is doubted by some ...
This is just a snippet of today's stories. Read all about today in folklore, historical oddities, inspiration and alternatives, with many more links, at the Wilson's Almanac Book of Days, every day. Click today's date (or your birthday) when you're there.
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